Forum Fair Trade Indonesia

Fair Trade Lunch with Teachers of Denpasar

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:24:11 +0000

On January 21st, 2012 Forum Fair Trade Indonesia (FFTI) proudly presented an event called A Fair Trade Lunch With Teachers of Denpasar. Actually A Fair Trade Lunch is the routine event of FFTI. Held in FFTI’s Secretariat in Sanur-Denpasar, Bali, the purpose is to introduce the fair trade movement to the public, at that time to the teachers.

About twenty teachers who attended gave positive responses to fair trade. They shared their daily experiences related to trade. The main focus was unhealthy products especially those sold in the school’s canteen and consumed by the children. It’s very dangerous if people sell food just for profit without considering health. It was also interesting when one of the teacher asked about children working to sell the food after school to help their family. Is this child labour? How can fair trade address this issue? On the other side, the teacher also stressed the government’s policy of 100% Loving Local Products. In what area can fair trade take a part?

Agung Alit, Secretary General of FFTI, explained fair trade both as a movement and business side. He also stressed the implementation of 10 Fair Trade principles in business practice. How fair trade provides good payment to producers, what the indicator used to detect child labour, and of course how fair trade products maximize using the local material. Agung also gave the case study of fair trade implementation in Mitra Bali, one of the fair trade organizations in Bali, such as the plantation program, water project, and cooperative, all working with the local community.

The teachers were so excited by the explanation. They asked how to implement fair trade at school, maybe put fair trade values in their school curriculum. For sure it will take time, but it is a good input for FFTI to develop tools for a fair trade campaign in schools.

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admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:51:27 +0000

FFTI on Indonesia Horticulture Festival 2011

admin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:41:42 +0000

FFTI will join an exhibition on “Indonesia Horticulture Festival 2011″ which will be held in conjunction with “Sanur Village Festival”. Both of this big events will be held on 19 - 22 November 2011, located in Matahari Terbit Beach, Sanur.

FFTI booths will display fair trade products from FFTI members, including organic food (rice, beans, sugar, coffee, honey, vegetables, etc.) which will be integrated with the interior of Fair Trade crafts from all over Indonesia.

Please visit the Forum Fair Trade Indonesia stand in tent K-10, starting at 09:00 am to 08:00 pm.

For further information onIndonesia Horticulture Festival 2011 and Sanur Village Festival, please visit

http://www.balihorticulturefestival.com/sambutan.html
http://www.gotosanur.com/Sanfest-Nov2011.shtml
Looking forward for your visit.

Thank you.

FFTI Update, August 2011

admin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:46:13 +0000

On August 9th ,2011, we have visited by LAPMAS, a NGO from Flores. Their focused on organic farming. LAPMAS is one of VECO partner in Flores (VECO is a one of international NGO that focused the program on sustainable agriculture).

We were sharing on outlet management, since they want to develop one outlet for organic products. FFTI team were so glad that they chosen FFTI as a place for comparative study. Hopefully it was a good start to make relationship with the partner in Flores, especially for food products.

Two Days after LAPMAS Visit, on August 11th, 2011, we have held a Fair Trade Lunch with Janet de Neefe. She is a founder of 3 restaurants in Ubud, also a writer for a Balinese Cooking Book that will publish in Australia. We invited women group, NGO, government, media, and chef. It was an inspiring discussion, that told us ‘the power of food” and relationship between food and identity. Many good feed back also came from the audience.

admin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:23:15 +0000

In June-July 2011, FFTI focused its activities on the development of fair trade outlets and increasing the capacity of members.
Fair Trade Outlet continues to display mostly craft products. Our members are mostly focused on craft and only one member cultivates food products. Based on customer’s request, last year FFTI began to cooperate with NGOs in Bali that have business units, especially for food product. In June 2011, we agreed to partnerships with several NGOs in Bali and have established an organic outlet to sell their products. In the fair trade outlet we offer products such as organic vegetables, organic rice, and other organic food from Java and Bali. We will help them to market their products in our fair trade outlets.

This joint program has increased the number of guests that visit our outlets, resulting in increasing sales. Now we have a plan to rename “fair trade outlet” to “fair trade shop” (emphasizing the range of fair trade products and to promote the availability of organic food). Simultaneously, we will also increase promotion in the media with the objective of socializing fair trade and organic products. Through an affective advertising campaign that raises awareness of products and increases sales we can help more artisans, farmers, and fishermen.
The next activity in June was member’s visit, which was integrated into capacity building and network strengthening. We visited Lombok Pottery Centre (LPC) and JPKP Buton (Coastal Zone Resources for Buton). LPC have a beautiful pottery products and Buton also have nice products, such as material (woven), organic cashew nut (the one and only in Indonesia for now), delicious fish, seaweed, and many potential craft. From this visit we got a lot of input from members, such as the need for training in design trends for product and business development.
It was interesting to see the artisan directly make the products that we displayed in Fair Trade Outlet; share with them. They hope that their products can be better known through fair trade outlets, which in turn can improve their lives. In addition, we can write the story of the artisan completed with a photograph, and will display these stories at the outlet. We believe that by making a personal connection between products and artisan it will give an added value to these items.

In the period June- July 2011, FFTI was also visited by several organizations. They are Oxfam Australia’s partners; and Kelompok Badan Usaha Milik Desa Tabarano (Village-owners Enterprises) from Makassar. FFTI (including Fair Trade Outlet) is recognized as a place that combines business and social support for NGOs and some communities. They want to develop similar models of their own, and gave us many suggestion and input too. Hopefully we can effectively cooperate with the organizations and communities in the future.

FFTI Celebrate World Fair Trade Day 2011!

admin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:14:18 +0000

In May, hundreds of fair trade producers around the world celebrated World Fair Trade Day. The theme for this year’s celebration was Trade For People—Fair Trade Your World! On May 29, FFTI celebrated World Fair Trade Day with a day-long event at Taman Pintar in Yogyakarta.

The day began with a bicycle parade, featuring old-fashioned onthel bicycles and people wearing traditional Javanese costumes. The 300 participants included members of several Yogyakarta bicycle clubs. After the ride, visitors enjoyed door prizes, a performance by a group of kindergarten students, several musical acts, and a press conference. Later, young visitors participated in a contest, competing to assemble wooden puzzles as fast as possible (the puzzles are products made by FFTI member Apikri!).

The bazaar, which continued throughout the day, brought together fair trade and organic producers from Lombok, Bali, Sulawesi, and all over Java. The producers showcased a wide range of products—everything from organic snacks and honey to crafts made of wood, ceramic, and recycled materials.

The goal of the day’s celebrations was to introduce fair trade products and principles to the local community and increase interest in the fair trade movement in Yogyakarta. Each year, World Fair Trade Day celebrations rotate through the different locations of FFTI members, so that each member has the opportunity to host the festivities. Yogyakarta was an ideal location for this year’s celebration, because the city’s growing fair trade movement hopes to make Yogyakarta a Fair Trade Town in the future. FFTI is happy to have shared this day of celebrating Fair Trade with the Yogyakarta community!

Until we meet again at World Fair Trade Day 2012!

WORLD FAIR TRADE DAY 2011 : TRADE FOR PEOPLE, FAIR TRADE YOUR WORLD!

admin — Thu, 12 May 2011 09:13:56 +0000

On May 14, 2011, fair trade businesses and consumers around the world will celebrate the annual World Fair Trade Day! This year’s theme, Trade For People—Fair Trade Your World! expresses “the strong belief in the need to put people and the environment at the heart of trade and consumption” (http://www.worldfairtradeday10.org/index.php/en/wftd-2011). World Fair Trade Day 2011 challenges consumers, businesses, and governments to support sustainable development and poverty alleviation by purchasing Fair Trade.

FFTI’s celebration will take place in Yogyakarta on May 29. Join us for a parade featuring antique bicycles in the morning, and a product bazaar in the afternoon showcasing craft and food products.

FFTI also joined hundreds of other fair trade producers, companies, and individuals in signing the 2011 World Fair Trade Day Declaration.

FFTI’s member groups are celebrating World Fair Trade Day in different ways:

Pekerti Nusantara will be celebrating on May 14 in Yogyakarta with a tree-planting activity, “Craft for Trees.” They also held a craft bazaar in April.

Mitra Bali will be celebrating on May 14 in Ubud, with a special event launching several newly constructed workshops for artisans.

Find out more about how to take action this World Fair Trade Day!

Sign the Declaration:
http://www.worldfairtradeday10.org/index.php/en/wftd-2011/40-find/57-world-fair-trade-day-2011-declaration

Find a World Fair Trade Day event near you:
http://www.worldfairtradeday10.org/index.php?option=com_wftdevents&view=all&Itemid=55&lang=en

More ideas for organizing an event and celebrating fair trade:
http://www.worldfairtradeday10.org/index.php/en/wftd-2011/call-for-entries

VIVA FAIR TRADE!

FFTI Participation in Inacraft 2011

admin — Wed, 11 May 2011 06:10:05 +0000

Forum Fair Trade Indonesia (FFTI) recently attended Inacraft, held at Jakarta Convention Center on 20-24 April 2011. This is the first time that FFTI, representing Indonesia’s fair trade organizations, attended Inacraft.

As in previous years, Inacraft 2011 was organized by ASEPHI, the Association of Indonesian Handicraft Exporters and Producers, and was also supported by PT Mediatama Binakreasi. FFTI participated as a registered member of ASEPHI Bali.

The theme of this 13th Inacraft was: “From Smart Village to Global Market,” with the sub-theme “Through Inacraft 2011 we develop products for the creative economy.” The convention’s icon for this year highlighted the “Magnificent Heritage of Lampung,” exhibiting design themes from Lampung Sumatra.

FFTI’s members that participated in Inacraft 2011 were: Pekerti Nusantara (Jakarta), Apikri (Yogyakarta), Mitra Bali (Bali), Lombok Pottery Centre (Lombok), Arum Dalu Mekar (Bali), Java Ixora (Yogyakarta). The other members, CD Craft and JPKP Buton, could not join us this year because of internal activities; and Sahani did not join us because their product focus is on food, while this exhibition focused on crafts only.

FFTI’s stand measured 3m x 3m, and was located in the Assembly Hall 3 No. 33. This strategic location brought us many visitors; we were in the international hall, surrounded by not only Indonesian products, but also products from countries such as India, Iran, and Myanmar. The location was also close to the main lobby and entrance, so visitors entering the exhibition definitely made time to come into this room.

FFTI exhibited diverse products: Pekerti Nusantara brought recycled products, which attracted many visitors. Apikri highlighted their unique new products made with kancu leaves. Mitra Bali displayed elegant jewelry designs. Arum Dalu Mekar featured recycled glass products in many different functional formats. Lombok Pottery Centre displayed unique and functional handcrafted pottery products. Java Ixora featured an attractive range of recycled products, Troso, and batik accessories. On the table we also offered brochures and business cards of FFTI, and of each member.

We gained many valuable lessons and experiences from participation in Inacraft this year, including: mechanisms for the preparation of goods, layout, sales systems, and market segmentation. Thank you to Oxfam New Zealand who supported our participation in this activity. We look forward to improving on our participation at the next Inacraft.

FFTI Participating in INACRAFT 2011

admin — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:55:37 +0000

FFTI will participate in INACRAFT 2011 that will be held on 20-24 April, 2011, in Jakarta Convention Centre (JCC).
The Theme of INACRAFT 2011 is “Magnificent Heritage of Lampung”
(www.inacraft.co.id)

Please visit FFTI booth at Assembly Hall 3, No. 33.
You will find a variety of Fair Trade craft products from all over Indonesia, from wood products, recycled glass, jewelry, and many varieties of fair trade products. The FFTI members that will attending INACRAFT 2011 are :

Pekerti- Jakarta
Apikri - Yogyakarta
Mitra Bali - Bali
Lombok Pottery Centre - Lombok
Arum Dalu Mekar- Bali
Java Ixora - Yogyakarta

We look forward to your visit, at 09.00 am – 09.00 pm.
Thank you.
FFTI Team